I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the… — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them. — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read. — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn't planned on, and then I have… — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered… — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything -… — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty. — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does. — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration. — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead. — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
